By Staff
Reporter TWO relatives of
a deceased woman appeared in court Thursday charged with refusing to
bury her over unpaid bride price (lobola)!

The woman's corpse
still lies at a mortuary, a week after her death.

Prosecutors say
the two relatives refused to bury her before their inlaws gave them
more than $10 million as part of lobola.

Peter Manjelo, 51,
of Montrose and Musa Nyoni, 73, of Lobengula West were not asked to
plead to charges of contravening a section of the Burial and Cremation
Act.

Bulawayo magistrate
Livard Philimon remanded them out of custody on their own cognisance
to 17 August.

Alfred Munemo, prosecuting,
told the court that on 4 August, Ms Blessing Manjelo died following
her husband Lovemore Sibanda’s death earlier on.

Following the death
of Ms Manjelo, the two accused persons allegedly demanded $4, 65 million
in cash, one blanket, one lady’s dress, one overcoat plus unmentioned
quantities of groceries for the payment of lobola for their deceased
relative before they could attend the funeral and burial.